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<blockquote data-quote="dbphelps" data-source="post: 2212693" data-attributes="member: 569328">Screw Optimas and thier overly-inflated prices...Look at the Exide Orbital Xtreme Duty Cycle (34XCD), or the Deka Intimidator, both VERY good batteries (they both lasted longer than yellow top Optimas in different installations) and are quite a bit cheaper...The 34XCD is the one if space is a consideration, and the Deka Intimidator if you can fit it...Both are AGM batteries, both deep-cycle that also function well for starting, and both of them have better warranties than Optimas...Also, the Optimas just went through a price increase.. **** greedy SOBs deserve to loose all the fleet contracts they have (a major vendor locally to me just had a client switch from yellow top Optimas to Deka Intimidators and they use, on average, 2600-3000 batteries a year, and have found the Dekas to outlast the Optimas by quite a margin)... Just a few things to think about... (I run the Exide batteries myself, both because of fitment issues, and because they have nice black accents, as a yellow top cover just won&#039;t cut it when you are looking for visual asthetics //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif )</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dbphelps, post: 2212693, member: 569328"] Screw Optimas and thier overly-inflated prices... Look at the Exide Orbital Xtreme Duty Cycle (34XCD), or the Deka Intimidator, both VERY good batteries (they both lasted longer than yellow top Optimas in different installations) and are quite a bit cheaper... The 34XCD is the one if space is a consideration, and the Deka Intimidator if you can fit it... Both are AGM batteries, both deep-cycle that also function well for starting, and both of them have better warranties than Optimas... Also, the Optimas just went through a price increase.. **** greedy SOBs deserve to loose all the fleet contracts they have (a major vendor locally to me just had a client switch from yellow top Optimas to Deka Intimidators and they use, on average, 2600-3000 batteries a year, and have found the Dekas to outlast the Optimas by quite a margin)... Just a few things to think about... (I run the Exide batteries myself, both because of fitment issues, and because they have nice black accents, as a yellow top cover just won't cut it when you are looking for visual asthetics [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] ) [/QUOTE]

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